Red Hat CloudForms 4.5
Support Matrix
Supported platforms and features in Red Hat CloudForms 4.5
Last Updated: 2018-07-24
Red Hat CloudForms 4.5 Support Matrix
Supported platforms and features in Red Hat CloudForms 4.5
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Abstract
A summary of the supported platforms and features in Red Hat CloudForms 4.5. If you have asuggestion for improving this guide or have found an error, please submit a Bugzilla report athttp://bugzilla.redhat.com against Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine for theDocumentation component. Please provide specific details, such as the section number, guidename, and CloudForms version so we can easily locate the content.
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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION
2. SUPPORTED BROWSERS
3. PLATFORMS THAT CAN HOST RED HAT CLOUDFORMS
4. PROVISIONING SUPPORT4.1. Infrastructure Providers4.2. Cloud Providers
5. FEATURE SUPPORT5.1. Infrastructure Providers
5.1.1. Red Hat Virtualization5.1.2. VMware vSphere5.1.3. Microsoft SCVMM
5.2. OpenStack Platform Director Infrastructure Providers5.3. Cloud Providers
5.3.1. Red Hat OpenStack Platform5.3.2. Amazon EC25.3.3. Microsoft Azure5.3.4. Google Compute Engine
5.4. Container Providers5.5. Network Providers5.6. Configuration Management Providers
6. REMOTE CONSOLE SUPPORT6.1. Providers6.2. Browsers6.3. VMware Provider Console Support
7. SMART STATE ANALYSIS SUPPORT7.1. Guest Operating System7.2. File Systems7.3. Infrastructure Providers7.4. Cloud Providers
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1. INTRODUCTION
This release of Red Hat CloudForms is delivered as a virtual appliance that includes the following keycomponents:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.3
Rails 5.0.1
Ruby 2.3.1
PostgreSQL 9.5.4
Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine (CFME) 5.8
Apache 2.4.6
2. SUPPORTED BROWSERS
The following table outlines the browsers that are supported for viewing the Red Hat CloudForms web userinterface.
Table 1. Supported Browsers
Browser Version
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and over
Mozilla Firefox Firefox Extended Support Release
Google Chrome Chrome for Business. See Section 6, “Remote ConsoleSupport” for information on VMRC plug-in support.
3. PLATFORMS THAT CAN HOST RED HAT CLOUDFORMS
The following table outlines the platforms that can host the Red Hat CloudForms appliance.
Table 2. Platforms That Can Host Red Hat CloudForms
Platform Support Status
VMware vCenter Server 5.0 and above Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 3.3 and
above [a]Yes
Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 [a] Yes
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Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) 9.0 and above
(except OSP 11) [b]Yes
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager(SCVMM) 2012 R2 or above
Yes
Microsoft Azure Yes
Google Cloud Platform Yes
Amazon EC2 Yes
OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 3.5 Technology Preview [c]
[a] See Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Life Cycle for product life cycle information.
[b] See Red Hat OpenStack Platform Life Cycle for product life cycle information.
[c] For more information, see Technology Preview Features Support Scope.
Platform Support Status
4. PROVISIONING SUPPORT
Red Hat CloudForms allows you to provision virtual machines, instances, and other resources in theproviders that it manages. This section outlines the status of support for provisioning features on providers.
4.1. Infrastructure Providers
The following table outlines the status of support for provisioning on infrastructure providers.
Table 3. Infrastructure Provider Provisioning Support
Feature Microsoft SystemCenter VMM(SCVMM)
Red HatVirtualization(RHV) Manager
VMware vCenter
Provision Host No [a] No [a] No [a]
Provision VM/Instance using PXE No [a] Yes No
Provision VM/Instance using ISO No Yes No
Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance No No Yes
Provision from Template/Image toVM/Instance
Yes Yes Yes
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Provision from VM/Instance toTemplate/Image
No No Yes
[a] Available when using Red Hat Satellite with CloudForms.
Feature Microsoft SystemCenter VMM(SCVMM)
Red HatVirtualization(RHV) Manager
VMware vCenter
4.2. Cloud Providers
The following table outlines the status of support for provisioning on cloud providers.
Table 4. Cloud Provider Provisioning Support
Feature Red HatOpenStackPlatform (OSP)
Amazon EC2 Microsoft Azure Google ComputeEngine
ProvisionVM/Instance usingPXE
No No No No
ProvisionVM/Instance usingISO
No No No No
Clone fromVM/Instance toVM/Instance
No No No No
Provision fromTemplate/Image toVM/Instance
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Provision fromVM/Instance toTemplate/Image
No No No No
OrchestrationTemplateProvisioning
Yes Yes Yes No
5. FEATURE SUPPORT
Red Hat CloudForms allows you to perform actions on the providers that it manages, and provides featuresfor interacting with and providing information about those providers. This section outlines the status ofsupport for actions that you can perform on providers, and the CloudForms features that allow you tointeract with those providers.
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NOTE
You can run a rake command to retrieve a list of provider features supported across allplatforms. Run the following command in your CloudForms appliance to retrieve thesupported features in a comma-separated values (.csv) file format, which are displayed onthe command-line interface (CLI) by default, however, you can use a pipe to redirect theoutput to a file.
ruby /var/www/miq/vmdb/tools/feature_support_matrix.rb
5.1. Infrastructure Providers
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on infrastructureproviders.
5.1.1. Red Hat Virtualization
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on Red HatVirtualization (RHV) infrastructure providers.
Table 5. Red Hat Virtualization Provider Feature Support
Feature RHV 4.0 RHV 4.1
Relationship Discovery Yes Yes
VM Drift Comparison Yes Yes
Track VM Genealogy Yes Yes
Capacity & Utilization Yes Yes
Capture Cloud Layer Timelines N/A Yes
Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines N/A Yes
Discovery - Provider Yes Yes
Disk Addition to VM/Instance Yes Yes
Key Pairs Inventory
Key Pairs Management
Optimization - Bottleneck Identification Yes Yes
Reporting Yes Yes
Right Sizing Yes Yes
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Chargeback Yes Yes
Remote Console VM Access Yes [a] Yes
Snapshot Creation and Removal Yes Yes
VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement
VM / Instance Policy Enforcement
VM / Instance Power Operations Yes
VM / Instance Retirement
Alerts - Real Time
Alerts - VM Value Changed
Alerts - Reconfigured
Integrate with Service Catalogs Yes Yes
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration Yes Yes
Volume Inventory
Volume Creation/Deletion
VM Migration
Automation Workflows
Customize Windows Templates with Sysprep during provision No No
[a] On some operating system and browser combinations
Feature RHV 4.0 RHV 4.1
5.1.2. VMware vSphere
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on VMware vSphereinfrastructure providers.
Table 6. VMware vSphere Provider Feature Support
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Feature vSphere 5.5 vSphere 6.0 vSphere 6.5
Relationship Discovery Yes Yes Yes
VM Drift Comparison Yes Yes Yes
Track VM Genealogy Yes Yes Yes
Capacity & Utilization Yes Yes Yes
Capture Cloud Layer Timelines Yes Yes Yes
Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines Yes Yes Yes
Discovery - Provider Yes Yes Yes
Disk Addition to VM/Instance Yes Yes Yes
Key Pairs Inventory
Key Pairs Management
Optimization - Bottleneck Identification Yes Yes Yes
Reporting Yes Yes Yes
Right Sizing Yes Yes Yes
Chargeback Yes Yes Yes
Remote Console VM Access Yes Yes Yes
Snapshot Creation and Removal Yes Yes Yes
VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement Yes Yes Yes
VM / Instance Policy Enforcement Yes Yes Yes
VM / Instance Power Operations Yes Yes Yes
VM / Instance Retirement Yes Yes Yes
Alerts - Real Time Yes Yes Yes
Alerts - VM Value Changed Yes Yes Yes
Alerts - Reconfigured
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Integrate with Service Catalogs Yes Yes Yes
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration Yes Yes Yes
Volume Inventory
Volume Creation/Deletion
VM Migration Yes Yes Yes
Automation Workflows
Customize Windows Templates withSysprep during provision
No No No
Feature vSphere 5.5 vSphere 6.0 vSphere 6.5
5.1.3. Microsoft SCVMM
The following table outlines the status of support for Microsoft SCVMM infrastructure providers.
Table 7. Microsoft SCVMM Provider Feature Support
Feature SCVMM 2012 R2 SVMM 2016
Relationship Discovery Yes Yes
VM Drift Comparison Yes Yes
Track VM Genealogy Yes Yes
Capacity & Utilization No No
Capture Cloud Layer Timelines No No
Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines No No
Discovery - Provider Yes Yes
Disk Addition to VM/Instance No No
Key Pairs Inventory No No
Key Pairs Management No No
Optimization - Bottleneck Identification Yes Yes
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Reporting Yes Yes
Right Sizing No No
Chargeback Yes Yes
Remote Console VM Access Yes Yes
Snapshot Creation and Removal No No
VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement Yes Yes
VM / Instance Policy Enforcement No No
VM / Instance Power Operations Yes Yes
VM / Instance Retirement Yes Yes
Alerts - Real Time No No
Alerts - VM Value Changed No No
Alerts - Reconfigured Yes [a] Yes
Integrate with Service Catalogs Yes Yes
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration No No
Volume Inventory No No
Volume Creation/Deletion No No
VM Migration No No
Automation Workflows Yes Yes
[a] CPU and RAM reconfigure alerts only
Feature SCVMM 2012 R2 SVMM 2016
5.2. OpenStack Platform Director Infrastructure Providers
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on OpenStack Platform(OSP) director infrastructure providers.
Table 8. OpenStack Platform Director Infrastructure Provider Feature Support
5. FEATURE SUPPORT
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Feature OpenStack Platform (OSP)Director
Relationship Discovery Yes
Nodes Inventory Yes
OpenStack Services Inventory Yes
Nodes Drift Comparison Yes
Nodes Smart State Yes
Capacity & Utilization Yes
Capture Infrastructure Event Timelines Yes
Node Power Operation Yes
Capacity Planning Yes
Reporting Yes
Add/Remove Node Yes
Scale Down Node Yes (Compute nodes only)
Scale Up Nodes Yes (Compute nodes only)
Nodes Policy Enforcement Yes
Nodes Evacuate Yes
OpenStack Upgrade No
5.3. Cloud Providers
The following section outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on cloud providers.
5.3.1. Red Hat OpenStack Platform
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on Red Hat OpenStackPlatform (RHOSP) cloud providers.
Table 9. Red Hat OpenStack Platform Feature Support
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Feature OSP 9 OSP 10 OSP 11
Relationship Discovery Yes
Instance Drift Comparison Yes Yes No
Track Instance Genealogy Yes Yes No
Capacity & Utilization Yes Yes No
Capture Cloud Layer Timelines
Capture Instance Event Timelines
Discovery - Provider No No No
Disk Addition to Instance
Key Pairs Inventory
Key Pairs Management
Reporting Yes Yes No
Right Sizing
Chargeback Yes Yes No
Remote Console Instance Access Yes Yes No
Snapshot Creation and Removal
Instance Compliance Enforcement
Instance Policy Enforcement
Instance Power Operations No
Instance Retirement No
Alerts - Real Time
Alerts - VM Value Changed
Alerts - Reconfigured
Integrate with Service Catalogs Yes Yes No
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Virtual Machine Reconfiguration Yes Yes No
Volume Inventory
Volume Creation/Deletion
Instance Migration
Automation Workflows
Feature OSP 9 OSP 10 OSP 11
5.3.2. Amazon EC2
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on Amazon EC2 cloudproviders.
Table 10. Amazon EC2 Feature Support
Feature Amazon EC2
Relationship Discovery Yes
VM Drift Comparison No
Track VM Genealogy Yes
Capacity & Utilization Yes
Capture Cloud Layer Timelines Yes
Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines Yes
Discovery - Provider Yes
Disk Addition to VM/Instance Yes
Key Pairs Inventory Yes
Key Pairs Management No
Optimization - Bottleneck Identification Yes
Reporting Yes
Right Sizing
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Chargeback Yes
Remote Console VM Access No
Snapshot Creation and Removal Yes
VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement
VM / Instance Policy Enforcement
VM / Instance Power Operations Yes
VM / Instance Retirement Yes
Alerts - Real Time
Alerts - VM Value Changed
Alerts - Reconfigured
Integrate with Service Catalogs Yes
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration No
Volume Inventory Yes
Volume Creation/Deletion Yes
VM Migration
Automation Workflows
Feature Amazon EC2
5.3.3. Microsoft Azure
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on Microsoft Azurecloud providers.
Table 11. Microsoft Azure Feature Support
Feature Microsoft Azure
Relationship Discovery Yes
VM Drift Comparison Yes
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Track VM Genealogy Yes
Capacity & Utilization Yes
Capture Cloud Layer Timelines Yes
Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines Yes
Discovery - Provider Yes
Disk Addition to VM/Instance Yes
Key Pairs Inventory No
Key Pairs Management No
Optimization - Bottleneck Identification Yes
Reporting Yes
Right Sizing
Chargeback Yes
Remote Console VM Access No
Snapshot Creation and Removal No
VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement Yes
VM / Instance Policy Enforcement Yes
VM / Instance Power Operations Yes
VM / Instance Retirement Yes
Alerts - Real Time No
Alerts - VM Value Changed No
Alerts - Reconfigured No
Integrate with Service Catalogs Yes
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration No
Feature Microsoft Azure
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Volume Inventory No
Volume Creation/Deletion No
VM Migration No
Automation Workflows No
Feature Microsoft Azure
5.3.4. Google Compute Engine
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on Google ComputeEngine cloud providers.
Table 12. Google Compute Engine Feature Support
Feature Google Compute Engine
Relationship Discovery Yes
VM Drift Comparison No
Track VM Genealogy Yes
Capacity & Utilization Yes
Capture Cloud Layer Timelines No
Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines No
Discovery - Provider No
Disk Addition to VM/Instance Yes
Key Pairs Inventory
Key Pairs Management
Optimization - Bottleneck Identification Yes
Reporting Yes
Right Sizing
Chargeback Yes
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Remote Console VM Access No
Snapshot Creation and Removal
VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement
VM / Instance Policy Enforcement
VM / Instance Power Operations Yes
VM / Instance Retirement
Alerts - Real Time
Alerts - VM Value Changed
Alerts - Reconfigured
Integrate with Service Catalogs Yes
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration No
Volume Inventory
Volume Creation/Deletion
VM Migration
Automation Workflows
Feature Google Compute Engine
5.4. Container Providers
The following section outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on OpenShiftContainer Platform container providers.
Table 13. OpenShift Container Platform Provider Feature Support
Feature OCP 3.5 OCP 3.6 OCP 3.7
Relationship Discovery N/A N/A N/A
VM Drift Comparison N/A N/A N/A
Track VM Genealogy N/A N/A N/A
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Capacity & Utilization Yes Yes Yes
Capture Cloud Layer Timelines
Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines
Discovery - Provider No No No
Disk Addition to VM/Instance N/A N/A N/A
Key Pairs Inventory N/A N/A N/A
Key Pairs Management N/A N/A N/A
Optimization - Bottleneck Identification No No No
Reporting Yes Yes Yes
Right Sizing No No No
Chargeback Yes Yes Yes
Remote Console VM Access N/A N/A N/A
Snapshot Creation and Removal N/A N/A N/A
VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement N/A N/A N/A
VM / Instance Policy Enforcement N/A N/A N/A
VM / Instance Power Operations N/A N/A N/A
VM / Instance Retirement N/A N/A N/A
Alerts - Real Time N/A N/A N/A
Alerts - VM Value Changed N/A N/A N/A
Alerts - Reconfigured N/A N/A N/A
Integrate with Service Catalogs N/A N/A N/A
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration No No No
Volume Inventory N/A N/A N/A
Feature OCP 3.5 OCP 3.6 OCP 3.7
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Volume Creation/Deletion N/A N/A N/A
VM Migration N/A N/A N/A
Automation Work Flows No No No
Feature OCP 3.5 OCP 3.6 OCP 3.7
5.5. Network Providers
This section outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on network providers.
Table 14. Network Provider Feature Support
Feature Red HatOpenStackPlatform (OSP)
Amazon EC2 Microsoft Azure Google ComputeEngine
Network ManagerRelationships
Yes Yes Yes Yes
RelationshipDiscovery
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cloud NetworkInventory
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cloud SubnetInventory
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Network RouterInventory
Yes No No Yes
Security Groups Yes Yes Yes Yes
Floating IPAddresses
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Network Ports Yes Yes Yes Yes
Load BalancerInventory
No Yes Yes Yes
Create/Update/Delete Network
Yes No No No
Create/Update/Delete Subnet
Yes No No No
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Create/Update/Delete Routers
Yes No No No
Feature Red HatOpenStackPlatform (OSP)
Amazon EC2 Microsoft Azure Google ComputeEngine
5.6. Configuration Management Providers
The following table outlines the status of support for Red Hat CloudForms features on configurationmanagement providers.
Table 15. Configuration Management Provider Feature Support
Feature Ansible Tower
Groups Inventory Yes
Configured Systems Inventory Yes
Job Template Inventory Yes
Integrate with Service Catalog Yes
Automate Workflows Yes
NOTE
Red Hat CloudForms 4.5 supports Ansible Tower 2.4 as a configuration managementprovider.
Red Hat CloudForms versions 4.2.1 and above also support Ansible Tower 3.0.
6. REMOTE CONSOLE SUPPORT
Red Hat CloudForms allows you to access the console of virtual machines and instances on the providers itmanagers using HTML5-based VNC consoles. This section outlines the status of support for remoteconsoles in Red Hat CloudForms.
6. REMOTE CONSOLE SUPPORT
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NOTE
For VMware vSphere providers, Red Hat CloudForms supports the versions of VMRC thatVMware supports. However, VMware does not support VMRC for Mac operating systems. SeeVMware VMRC documentation for more information.
For all other providers, Red Hat CloudForms supports HTML5-based VNC consoles. Thefollowing have been tested with CloudForms Management Engine:
Windows: UltraVNC 1.1.8.8 - http://www.uvnc.com/
Linux/Mac: SSVNC 1.0.29 - http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/ssvnc.html. At thetime of this writing, this is the only client that supports the VNC repeaterconfiguration.
See Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine VNC Support .
NOTE
As of 1 September 2015, new versions of Chrome no longer support VMRC consoles. VMRCrequires NPAPI plug-in support. Chrome removed support for NPAPI plug-ins in version45.0.2454, which was released on this date.
6.1. Providers
The following table outlines the status of support for remote consoles on providers.
Table 16. Provider Remote Console Support
Provider Status
VMware vSphere 5.1 Yes
VMware vSphere 5.5 Yes
VMware vSphere 6.x Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 3.3 No
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.4 No
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.5 No
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.6 Yes
Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 Yes [a]
Red Hat OpenStack 4 No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform (OSP) 5 No
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 No
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 No
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 Yes
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 Yes
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 No
Google Compute Engine No
Amazon EC2 No
Microsoft SCVMM No
[a] Supported in Red Hat CloudForms 4.2 and above only.
Provider Status
6.2. Browsers
This section outlines the status of support for accessing remote consoles for virtual machines andinstances on major operating system and web browser combinations.
Table 17. Browser Remote Console Support
Operating System Chrome Firefox Internet Explorer11
Internet Explorer10
Red Hat EnterpriseLinux (RHEL) 6
Yes Yes N/A N/A
Red Hat EnterpriseLinux (RHEL) 7
Yes Yes N/A N/A
Fedora 21 Yes Yes N/A N/A
Fedora 22 Yes Yes N/A N/A
Fedora 23 Yes Yes N/A N/A
Windows 7 Yes Yes Yes Yes
6.3. VMware Provider Console Support
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This section outlines the status of support for accessing remote consoles for virtual machines on VMwareproviders.
Table 18. VMware Provider Console Support
Console Supported Comments
VMRC Yes VMware is moving from a browser-based plug-in to astandalone application. For more information, seehttps://www.vmware.com/go/download-vmrc.
VNC Yes VNC is incompatible with VMware ESXi 6.5 and later.
WebMKS Yes WebMKS is incompatible with VMware ESXi 6.0 andearlier.
Cockpit Yes Cockpit consoles are supported in Linux-based virtualmachines where Cockpit server is installed and the Cockpit role has been enabled in CloudForms.
7. SMART STATE ANALYSIS SUPPORT
Red Hat CloudForms allows you to analyze virtual machines and instances on the providers it manages tocollect information about the base operating system on those virtual machines or instances, their virtualhardware, installed applications, and other details. This operation is known as SmartState analysis. Thissection outlines the status of support for SmartState analysis of virtual machines and instances by guestoperating system, file system, and by provider.
7.1. Guest Operating System
The following table outlines support for SmartState analysis of virtual machines by guest operating system.
Table 19. Guest Operating System SmartState Analysis Support
Guest Operating System Status
Windows 2000 Yes
Windows XP Yes
Windows Server 2003 Yes
Windows Vista Yes
Windows 2008 Yes
Windows 7 Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 and above Yes
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Fedora Yes
Debian and Debian-Derived Yes
Ubuntu and Ubuntu Derived Yes
Suse and Open Suse Derived Yes
Guest Operating System Status
7.2. File Systems
The following table outlines support for SmartState analysis of virtual machines by guest operating filesystem.
Table 20. File System SmartState Analysis Support
File System Status
Ext3 Yes
Ext4 Yes
FAT32 Yes
ISO9660 (CDFS) Yes
NTFS Yes
XFS Yes
7.3. Infrastructure Providers
The following table outlines support for SmartState analysis of virtual machines by infrastructure provider.
Table 21. Infrastructure Provider SmartState Analysis Support
Infrastructure Provider Status
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 3.2 andbelow (prior to 3.3)
Technical Guidance [a]
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.3 Technical Guidance [a]
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.4 Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.5 Yes
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.6 Yes
Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.1 Yes [b]
VMware vCenter 4.x Technical Guidance [a]
VMware vCenter 5.0 Yes
VMware vCenter 5.1 Yes
VMware vCenter 5.5 Yes
VMware vCenter 6.0 [c] Yes
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager(SCVMM) 2012 R2 and above
Yes
[a] Technical Guidance, if available, is provided from the end of the General Support phase and lasts for a fixed duration. Thisphase is intended for usage by customers operating in stable environments with systems that are operating under reasonablystable loads.
[b] Supported in Red Hat CloudForms 4.2 and above only.
[c] To install the VMware VDDK 6.0 so that SmartState Analysis is successful, see Installing the Vmware 6.0 VDDK on a CFMEAppliance. Alternatively, you can use VMware VDDK 5.5.
Infrastructure Provider Status
NOTE
For Microsoft SCVMM integration, Microsoft PowerShell version 4 is required.
7.4. Cloud Providers
The following table outlines support for SmartState analysis of virtual machines by cloud provider.
Table 22. Cloud Provider SmartState Analysis Support
Cloud Provider Status
Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) Yes
Amazon EC2 No
Google Compute Engine No
Microsoft Azure Yes
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NOTE
For virtual machine instances running on Red Hat OpenStack Platform, CloudFormscurrently does not support SmartState analysis if an instance is booted from OpenStackBlock Storage (Cinder volumes); it can only be performed when an instance is booted froman image.
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